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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Trump treaty for withdrawl was for May, so the GOP cannot act like their hands are clean on this either.
That being said, there is no question that Biden, and a bunch of western nations botched this...While this is a massive intelligence failure, the buck stops at the president.
The biggest question for me is whether anything was done between May and now to prepare for this withdraw ... from the face of it, it does not seem like it...
As mentioned, there was a small force of advisors in Afghanistan, not that different than what still exists in Iraq...whether having them remain and thereby breaking that treaty with Taliban would have been worth it, is a fair question to ask.
Regardless, the scenes at the airport make me sick...Hopefully, they can do something to help these people.
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The preparation was that they probably thought that people would stay and strengthen Afghanistan against the Taliban. The workers who had helped Americans would be the key to solidifying a US-less Afghanistan. Build on the last 20 years. I don't think any one in the West could have predicted that the Afghan Military would surrender within hours/days.